1. Elements of Fiction Setting– describes the nature around him Conflict Resolution-- there were no ties to humans once John died– buck was free Internal Conflict– discussing Buck’s need to be with John but also be out in nature Characterization– describes one of the characters External Conflict– argument between two characters Theme– hearing the call….

2. Chapter 5:  Where are Hal, Charles, and Mercedes from? Eastern US  What does Mercedes do when Hal whips the dogs? Mercedes whines and shows pity for the dogs  What did Buck do to show his love for John Thornton? Bite on John’s hand, attack a man who hit John Thornton, jumps off cliff and saves John in the water

3. Chapter 5  How does the addition of six dogs make Hal and Charles feel? Confident  Do the dogs on Hal’s team respect and have confidence in him? No  Do Charles, Hal and Mercedes get along? They argue about everything

4. Chapter 5  How do the dogs react to Hal’s beatings? They hardly react anymore  How does Buck change after meeting John Thornton? He realizes what love means Becomes confused—be wild or be civilized  What was Hal, Charles, and Mercedes warned about? Who warned them? The thin ice—John Thornton warned them  Who sold Buck to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes? Scotch-half breed

5. Chapter 6: How did Buck save John Thornton? –Hans and Pete tied a rope around Buck and swam him through the rapids to save Thornton –Black Burton Why did Buck pull a sled with a thousand pound load for John Thornton? –He did it out of love for John

6. Chapter 6 Why does John Thornton agree to the bet with Matthewson? –Thornton loves Buck and his pride pushed him to prove Buck is the best What characteristics do Buck show when he saves John Thornton? –Intelligence and loyalty

7. Chapter 7 What setting is Buck most closely in touch with the primitive forces of nature within himself? –the wilderness How was Buck able to kill the moose? –the moose was extremely weak and hungry after Buck stalks him How does Buck react when he finds what the Yeehats have done? –He is angry and kills them “FIEND” –Ghost Dog

8. Chapter 7 What does Buck do when he hears the “call” louder than ever before and discovers the pack of wolves? –Buck fights and overcomes several of the wolves before joining the pack How does Jack London show a final transformation in Buck at the end of the novel? –Change of Tense

9. Chapter 7 Does Buck use his physical strength or mental strength to make himself superior over the other creatures in the wild? –MENTAL Do John Thornton and his group find gold? –YES What can john Thornton survive on in the wild? –Gun and salt How does Buck appear to the Yeehats? –Evil Spirit/ Ghost Dog

10. Chapter 7 How does Buck view man after his experience with the Yeehats? –Easy to kill What kind of conflict does Buck go through during this chapter? –Internal conflict between John and the “call” What thing(s) do(es) Buck do to win lasting fame among the miners and Yeehats? –Attacking the man in the bar, pulling the 1,000 pound sled, and he kills the Yeehats chief

11. Chapter 7 How do John Thornton and his team live when they journey to the gold mine in the east? –Page 145 – 2nd paragraph—“ To Buck it was boundless..” –Hunt and fish and wander—sometimes they had lots of food and sometimes not

12. Vocabulary Chapters 5-7 The Call of the Wild

13. Manifested -- apparent to the eye or to the mind; plain; clear

14. Pertinacity -- great persistence; holding firmly to a purpose, action or opinion

15. Wantonness -- reckless, heartless, or malicious

16. Callowness -- young and inexperienced

17. Imploringly -- beg or pray earnestly for

18. Voracious -- eating much; greedy in eating; ravenous

19. Repugnance -- strong dislike, distaste or aversion

20. Apprehensively -- afraid that some misfortune is about to occur; anxious about the future

21. Superfluous -- more than is needed

22. Innocuously -- not hurtful or injurious; harmless

23. Quibble -- an unfair and petty evasion of the point or truth by using words with a double meaning

24. Contagion -- the spreading of disease by direct or indirect contact

25. Palmate -- shaped like a hand with the fingers spread out

26. Incarnate -- embodied in flesh, especially in human form; personified

27. Excrescence -- an unnatural growth ( wart)

28. Characters Chapter 5- 7 The Call of the Wild

29.  Hal: A callow nineteen/twenty-year old with revolver and belt with many cartridges on it.  Charles: Middle-aged, light-colored man with weak eyes and moustache that covers a drooping lip  Mercedes: Charles’ wife and Hal’s sister

30.  John Thornton: Owner of a camp at the base of the White River; saves Buck from being killed when Buck refuses to pull Hal’s sled  Skeet: Irish Setter at John Thornton’s camp who tends to Buck’s injuries  Nig: Good-natured half-Bloodhound, half-deerhound at Thornton’s camp

31.  “Black” Burton: “Evil-tempered and malicious” man, attacked by Buck when Thornton is hit while trying to break up a fight